CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Ray Guy Prokicker.com camp in Charlotte last weekend was a snap for talented long-snapper prospects.

Three long-snappers landed on Prokicker.com’s talent search – Tyler Gibson, Conrad Mueller and Caleb Fuller. Gibson and Fuller are in the 2013 class and Mueller is in 2014.

Mueller, is from North Carolina, had an impressive camp. He was 20 of 30 on the Prokicker.com scoring system and ranked No. 1 in the camp.

kicker-punter combo Joshua MacClaren (class of 2014), punter-kicker Shea Rodgers (2015) and kickoff specialist Rainer Whiteside (2013) were other top prospects at the camp.

The next Prokicker.com camp will be this coming weekend (May 19-20 at Ashley Ridge High School in Summerville, S.C. Visit Prokicker.com to register.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Top rankings and camp winners from the Ray Guy Prokicker.com camp in Charlotte, N.C., on May 12-13.

No. 1 kicker and kicker/punter combo:Joshua MacClaren, class of 2014, Pennsylvania.

No. 1 punter and punter/kicker:Shea Rodgers, 2015, South Carolina.

No. 1 long-snapper:Conrad Mueller, 2014, North Carolina.

No. 1 kickoff specialist:Rainer Whiteside, 2013, Ohio.

Long Distance Field Goal Winner:Josh MacClaren, 45 yards

Long Distance Kickoff Winner:Rainer Whiteside, 63 yards, 3.63 seconds.
Hang Time Punt Winner:  Taylor Henry, 4.39 seconds.
Out of bounds right winner:  Zac Bolick, 1-yard line.

Out of bounds left winner: Zac Bolick, 1-yard line.

Fastest single snap: Tyler Gibson, .79 sec
Most accurate Snapper:  Conrad Mueller, 20/30

Top Prospects
Tyler Gibson, LS, 2013
Conrad Mueller, LS, 2014
Caleb Fuller, LS, 2013

By Mark Maynard / Prokickernews.com

BRADENTON, Fla. – The second Ray Guy Prokicker.com camp of the spring produced some shuffling in the rankings.

Ryan Pandy moved into the top overall spot for kickers on the heels of a strong camp while long-snappers Jeremiah Theus and Stephen Kleier moved to No. 2 and No. 4 in the comprehensive rankings.

Star instruction was also part of the theme for the camp at Manatee High School in Bradenton, Fla. Miami Dolphins punter Brandon Fields was instructing both days and former Lou Groza Award winner Jonathan Ruffin taught as well.

Taylor Long, a former Eastern Kentucky University All-American kicker, and University of Georgia long-snapper Nathan Theus brought teaching expertise to the nearly 40 campers on hand for top-notch instruction.

Fields, who was third in the NFL with a 48.8 punting average, awed campers with some booming punts.

Five campers were identified in the Prokicker.com talent search: kicker Ryan Pandy (class of 2013), long-snapper Stephen Kleier (2013), punter Mac Loudermilk (2014), punter Bryan Kirshe (2014) and long-snapper Jeremy Theus (2015).
 

“Ryan was very polished for his age,” Ruffin said. “He’s pretty talented and further along than most guys his age as far as technique. Most guys that age are pretty raw.”

Ruffin said for Pandy, it’s a matter of gaining game experience and developing confidence.

“Guys who can do it mentally are what separate you on the college level,” he said. “I know if I was a college coach, he’s what I’d be looking for. He doesn’t have the biggest leg I’ve ever seen but he has good technique.”

Pandy was 6-of-10 charting on field goals but his long kickoff was 71 yards. So there’s improvement to be made on the field goals, Ruffin said.

“He’s really good to be a junior,” Long said. “I asked him what grade he was in and I thought he was a junior in college. He’s got such a strong leg and good technique. It’s a rarity I guess you’d say. Ryan is another kid that has a great opportunity in front of him.”

Laudermilk, a punter, impressed Ruffin, too.

“He’s the opposite (of Pandy),” he said. “He’s full of talent but not finished yet. The technique is not quite there yet. But he’s got tons of talent and raw leg strength.”

What makes Prokicker.com camps the best in the business is the professional instruction. Ruffin works about 10 camps a year and several NFL punters who have connections to Prokicker.com appear throughout the summer.

And they don’t just come to sign autographs. The coaching staff works individually and in groups with the campers for a complete learning experience.

It’s important, Ruffin said, to learn how to become your own coach.

“Most high school kids don’t get any coaching on kicking,” he said. “If you do get any (coaching), it’s usually not very good. We pack a lot of information into two days. I had a lot of kids in my group that really showed improvement in just the two days. The kicking specific coaching we give them is such a benefit.”

Unlike other showcase camps that are mostly void of individual instruction, the Prokicker.com camps focus on the fundamentals of kicking, punting and long-snapping. Players come away from the camp experience with lessons that can be taken home.

“My goal is to have them coach themselves,” Ruffin said. “I watch them make a mistake and then ask them ‘What do you do there?’ By the end of the camp, they know what went wrong and how to fix it.”

By having instructors who have played on the biggest stages, campers gain valuable insight from the two-day experience.

BRADENTON, Fla. - Rankings winners from the Ray Guy Prokicker.com camp in the Tampa area on May 5-6.

No.1 kicker and kickoff specialist: Ryan Pandy, class of 2012, Fla.

No. 1 punter: Bryan Kirsche, 2014, Fla.

No. 1 long-snapper: Jeremiah Theus, 2015, Fla.

No. 1 kicker punter combo and punter kickoff combo: Gregory Moss, 2013, Fla.

Long distance field goal winner:  Austin Snowden, 50 yards

Long distance kickoff winner:  Ryan Pandy, 71 yards, 4.07 hang time

Hang time punt winner:  Bryan Kirshe, 48 yards, 4.47 hang time

Out of bounds right winner:  Anthony VonStralendorff, 1-t line

Out of bounds left winner:  Brandon Wilson, 3-yard line

Fastest Snap:  Austin Wilson, .77

Most accurate snapper:  Stephen Kleier (22), Jeremiah Theus, (22)

Talent Search:

Ryan Pandy, K, 2013

Stephen Kleier, LS, 2013

Mac Loudermilk, P, 2014

Bryan Kirshe, P, 2014

Jeremiah Theus, LS, 2015

By CHRIS HAYES / Orlando Sentinel

When Ashley Mosher first took a hit on the football field, she braced herself for a more painful collision.

That's right, she.

“It wasn’t as bad as I expected it to be,” Mosher said.

Amazingly, she only got hit twice in the year-and-a-half she spent as the kicker for the Mount Dora varsity football team.

Mosher, a soccer player for as long as she can remember, just signed a letter of intent to play soccer for two-year private school South Georgia College, located in Douglas, Ga., next year. She joins three other local signees at SGC in Orlando Olympia’s Caroline Clarke, and Groveland South Lake teammates Taylor Ness and Kaylee Woodling.

But Mosher will still have that secondary passion of kicking the other football; that of the oblong variety in a sport usually dominated by boys.

In fact, she says after her stint at SGC, she would likely entertain the option of trying out as a football kicker again if she happened to end up at the right school.

South Georgia does not have a football team. She already checked on that.

“I think I would to be honest,” Mosher said of trying it again. “A lot of girls looked up to me and I like to be a good role model … anything is possible if you put your mind to it.”

She certainly found that out at Mount Dora. Her arrival at the position of kicker for the Hurricanes was certainly not without opposition. It took awhile for her to gain the acceptance within her own household. Brother Bryant, a backup quarterback last season who is likely the incumbent starter this year, wasn’t too keen on the idea in the beginning.

“I asked him first, and he was just kinda like, ‘No!’” Ashley said. “He said, ‘It’s my alone time.’ The time he gets away from us, but then I guess he figured I would annoy him, I guess, like I do at home. But after a while he started to become more protective and supportive.”

The Hurricanes were struggling in the kicking game two seasons ago and Ashley was asked to come in and give it a try.

“When they first asked me to try out, I was a little nervous to do it,” she said. “I didn’t want to invade their privacy. When the coach asked I was honored and I couldn’t think of anything better to do.

“I wasn’t able to play soccer for two years because me and my old coach didn’t see eye to eye and he wouldn’t let me play. I just didn’t want to waste my life not doing anything.”

So she decided to give it a try. And she loved it.

“I’ll never forget the first time I went out [to practice],” Ashley said. “They were all looking at me like, ‘What is she doing here?’ “